I-O Graduate Student Jorge Lumbreras receives UGA 2020 Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award! Shout out to I-O graduate student Jorge Lumbreras who was one of the recipients of UGA Center for Teaching and Learning 2020 Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award! Thank you for all you do in supporting our Psychology students and their learning! Read more about I-O Graduate Student Jorge Lumbreras receives UGA 2020 Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award!
Dr. Kristen Shockley receives NSF grant to study work-home transition during COVID-19! Congratulations to Dr. Kristen Shockley and co-PI Tammy Allen who received a RAPID grant from the National Science Foundation to study the work-home balance issues involved in transitioning to remote work during the COVID-19 crisis entitled "RAPID: Collaborative Research: Adjustment and Effectiveness of Rapid Transition to Remote Work." Keep up this important work! Read more about Dr. Kristen Shockley receives NSF grant to study work-home transition during COVID-19!
Dr. Dorothy Carter Receives UGA Charles B. Knapp Early Career Scholar Award! Congratulations to Dr. Dorothy Carter, a recipient of the UGA Charles B. Knapp Early Career Scholar Award! Named in honor of the University of Georgia’s 20th President, this award recognizes outstanding accomplishment and evidence of potential future success in scholarship, creative work or research by an early career faculty member in the social and behavioral sciences. Dr. Carter's work helps organizations rethink the management of complex human systems comprised of multiple teams. Congratulations on this well-deserved honor! Read more about Dr. Dorothy Carter Receives UGA Charles B. Knapp Early Career Scholar Award!
I-O Graduate Student Arturia Melson-Silimon receives NSF Graduate Research Fellowship! Huge shout out to Arturia Melson-Silimon who is a recipient of the 2020 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship! She is the ONLY student in the nation to win in the Industrial-Organizational Psychology category, and one of only 5 students at UGA to receive the award! Congratulations, Arturia!! Read more about I-O Graduate Student Arturia Melson-Silimon receives NSF Graduate Research Fellowship!
Psychology Senior Kaela Yamini Receives UGA Presidential Award of Excellence Congratulations to Psychology senior Kaela Yamini, who has been selected by Franklin College to receive a UGA Presidential Award of Excellence. This selection was made based upon her excellent academic credentials and her outstanding leadership as a member of her class. Read more about Psychology Senior Kaela Yamini Receives UGA Presidential Award of Excellence
UGA Clinical Psychology Program creates a COVID-19 Well-Being Guide In response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the University of Georgia Clinical Psychology Program presents a guide for maintaining well-being in the time of COVID-19: The COVID-19 Well-Being Guide for the UGA and Athens community. Please share widely and take care! Full guide available here: https://www.psychology.uga.edu/covid-19-well-being-guide Read more about UGA Clinical Psychology Program creates a COVID-19 Well-Being Guide
Dr. Rich Slatcher initiates study to examine COVID-19’s effect on relationships Dr. Richard Slatcher, the Gail M. Williamson Distinguished Professor of Psychology, is working with two international colleagues to determine the psychological effects of a decrease in face-to-face communication with their “Love in the Time of COVID” project. Dr. Read more about Dr. Rich Slatcher initiates study to examine COVID-19’s effect on relationships
Dr. Lillian Eby receives UGA SEC Faculty Achievement Award! Dr. Lillian Eby, a professor of psychology and director of the University of Georgia Owens Institute for Behavioral Research, has been named UGA’s 2020 recipient of the Southeastern Conference Faculty Achievement Award. Congratulations!! Read more about Dr. Lillian Eby receives UGA SEC Faculty Achievement Award!
Dr. Brian Haas and Dr. Michelle vanDellen's study featured in UGA Today! The Department of Psychology's Dr. Brian Haas and Dr. Michelle vanDellen new study was recently featured in UGA Today. Their study compared individual self-concepts between Americans and Japanese individuals and uncovered an essential contradiction about the heroic myth of American individualism. Namely, while American culture values the freedom to change and reinvent one’s self, Drs. Haas and vanDellen revealed that Americans who do change tend to report a lower sense of well-being. Read more about Dr. Brian Haas and Dr. Michelle vanDellen's study featured in UGA Today!
Dr. Greg Strauss receives the 2020 Rising Star Award from the Schizophrenia International Research Society! Read more about Dr. Greg Strauss receives the 2020 Rising Star Award from the Schizophrenia International Research Society!